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The CSO DE Working Group will conduct the CSO Exchange on Development Effectiveness: Civil society's next steps towards a wider implementation of Istanbul Principles and practice of CSO Accountability. This workshop aims to increase the contribution to the still developing body of evidence on CSOs' efforts to implement the Istanbul…

The regional pre-monitoring workshop for Africa took place on 16-17 November in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The workshop, hosted by the NEPAD Agency and UNDP Regional Service Center for Africa and organized by the OECD/UNDP Joint Support Team with financial contribution from the European Union, brought together over 40 countries and…

Development cooperation for a new era: Making the renewed global partnership for sustainable development a realityDCF Uganda High-level Symposium Kampala, 4-6 November 2015ObjectiveA new global agenda for sustainable development is on the horizon, and the role of development cooperation looms large.Development cooperation will assume many dimensions for achieving the Sustainable…

Stockholm Civil Society Week 201512-16 October 2015Civil society plays a vital role in development; in enabling people to claim their rights, in promoting rights-based approaches, in shaping policies and in the provision of services. Yet, we experience a worrying trend towards shrinking space and resources for civil society, globally. In…

Theme: An enabling environment is very paramount for Rwandan CSOs to be effective partners in development. Background Rwanda's Vision 2020 and its Economic Development and Poverty Reduction Strategy (EDPRS), under the accountable governance thematic area, Rwanda provides a room for increasing citizen participation in developing Rwanda as a way of…

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CPDE Global Migrants/Diaspora Meeting Concept Note I. Background The CSO Partnership for Development Effectiveness (CPDE) is an open, global platform uniting civil society Organisations (CSOs) around the issue of aid and development. The platform envisions a world where the core of inclusive and sustainable development is respect for human rights,…

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS | CPDE Global Migrants/ Diaspora Meeting Reality of Aid Africa Network on behalf of The Global Secretariat invites members of the Global Council to submit names of migrants/diaspora organisations to attend the CPDE Global Migrants/ Diaspora Meeting tentatively scheduled on 8 to 9 October 2015 in…

The Pan African CSO Conference on Financing for Development brought together about 70 CSOs across Africa to discuss and build consensus on key messages and proposals in preparation for the 3rd UN international Conference on Financing for Development (FFD3) due take place in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from the 13th to…

A validation workshop on the report on enabling environment for CSOs in DRC will take place on the 13th of August 2015.The national report on enabling environment was conducted between January and March 2015. But the production of this report, a questionnaire was administered in the month of December 2014…

Reclaim our future. Oppose the corporate “development” agendaJuly 27, 2015 In September of this year, Heads of States and Governments will gather at the United Nations (UN) headquarters in New York City to agree on a new set of “Sustainable Development Goals” (SDGs) and a “global plan of action for people, planet and prosperity”.…